Legends of Equestria - Forum

Hey, everypony!

We're just a couple of days away from our Open Access Release starting! We hope you're all as excited as we are to explore Equestria together!

Before Sunday rolls around, though, we just want to go over a few things with you regarding the OAR, so that everypony starts off on the right hoof!

The first thing we want to reiterate is that this is not the final release of Legends of Equestria. Think of the Open Access Release as a 'beta' release of LoE; we'll still be working hard on the game for a long time to come, but we're confident that what we have so far is enough for everypony to enjoy now, rather than have you wait any longer!

For the Open Access Release, our servers will be opening at 00:01 EST, Sunday 10 September. That's the earliest you'll be able to access and play the game!

We will, however, make the game files available to download 24 hours in advance. At 00:01 EST, Saturday 9 September, you will be able to download Legends of Equestria from our website's downloads page (https://www.legendsofequestria.com/downloads), where there will be separate versions for Windows, MacOS, and Linux computers. For more information on our system requirements, check out our FAQ page (https://www.legendsofequestria.com/faq)!

Be aware that, like all server-based games, there may be some difficulty serving all the requests that come in the moment the game becomes available. We've worked hard to try and mitigate the effect of all those simultaneous requests, but we can't guarantee that there won't be problems for the first couple of hours or so. If you'd rather wait a little while before trying to play, you should be able to avoid those issues!

Of course, since this is an Open Access Release, we don't expect everything to be flawless. We know that no matter how hard we - or our Limited Access Release players! - have tried, there'll always be a few bugs that sneak by. Luckily, we have a bug reporting system especially designed so that you can let us know about any problems you run into! You can find all the details of how to use Phabricator to tell us all about them here (https://forum.legendsofequestria.com/index.php?topic=16754.0)!

So, what's changed between our last public event, and the Open Access Release? Well, we've prepared a little changelog to let you know! This doesn't cover everything - there's some more stuff that's more back-end, and also some details that we hope you'll find out yourself - but it includes a lot of the stuff you're most likely to notice. Check it out here  (https://forum.legendsofequestria.com/index.php?topic=16753)!

You might also notice a few things missing from the list there that we have previously talked about; most notably, the Ancient Athamanes dungeon. This is something we really worked hard on getting ready for the Open Access Release, and we're making good progress on it; however, the damage caused by the July cyberattack to both the game itself and also our schedules, has meant that we won't be able to have that dungeon in a playable state by Sunday. We're still working on it, though, and we anticipate it being ready to implement within the coming days and weeks!

In fact, we're working on a lot more stuff to be added to the game after the Open Access Release kicks off, and a lot of it is pretty close to completion. Here's a little taster of what we anticipate adding over the first couple of months:

• Ancient Athamanes dungeon
• More manes, tails, and customisation options
• New area: Applewood
• New quest arc
• Crafting system
• More Talent Mark options

This is by no means the only stuff we're working on, just the things we hope to have ready soonest. It's super hard to tell when any individual thing will be ready, due to the nature of the project, but rest assured that we're working hard on these things - and so much more! We've been working on Legends of Equestria for five years already, and we don't anticipate stopping any time soon, so hopefully there'll always be something to look forward to!

Thanks for reading all of this, everypony! We hope you're all looking forward to Sunday as much as we are!

Super excited for Sunday(technically Saturday since PST is my timezone). :D

I can´t wait!!! :D i´m so excited!!! :D

Is this going to be an open server game from now on!!
Or is it going to have certain server dates like usuall

Quote from: SpiritDancer12 on 2017 Sep 08, 00:55:04Is this going to be an open server game from now on!!
Or is it going to have certain server dates like usuall

It says on the front page, the servers will be open permanently once the game is live on Sept 10th, 2017.

Once it goes live, it'll be open permanently to everyone! :)

sorry bout that, probably overlooked it :o

So ready for this!  Also in PST.  I'm hoping my design has been implemented already. I'd like to start my first character looking closer to my actual FC, and I just really want to see what you guys did with my design in terms of modeling. ^.^

Great great, for me is 6:00 of sunday because i'm in CET, actually i think is 7:00 cause we are in daylight saving time. How much is "heavy" the game client?

I like that they allow you to download the game a day early so once the server open permanently, you can jump right into the game if you already downloaded the game fully the day before. I might do that, download the game fully tomorrow, so I can easily jump into on Sunday. I know if you download the game tomorrow and try to access it before 12:01 AM on Sunday, it won't let you, but of course, that will make sense, but I do wonder what kind of message you will get if you try that.

I remember us talking in the chatpod (Rest it's soul) back in early 2014 about when this game would be released and someone joked about it being 2018 and people were like "Noooooo stooop! That's ridiculous!". lol

*Raises hoof* Windows 32bit will be still supported right? There are some players like me that still use 32bit Windows and in my case the game plays fine, I have a good PC and such, but I can't afford migrate to 64bit just for a game, it would be a long process reinstalling everything x_x

Will players have to start over once the new hairstyles and talent marks are out?

Ah, early in the morning too, about lunch time. (12:00 AM in CST) Now that is my perfect mood set!  :D Lots of hype for the OAR, hope to see you all soon in-game!

Quote from: LPatamon on 2017 Sep 08, 17:09:23*Raises hoof* Windows 32bit will be still supported right?

I checked out the FAQ page and didn't see a specific bit requirement. Just that you need "Windows (Vista or later)" and that if you bought a computer around 2010, you should be fine.

I'm in much the same boat as you. 32 bit is what I've got.

Quote from: ObeyBunny on 2017 Sep 08, 17:32:31I checked out the FAQ page and didn't see a specific bit requirement. Just that you need "Windows (Vista or later)" and that if you bought a computer around 2010, you should be fine.

I'm in much the same boat as you. 32 bit is what I've got.

32bit is still supported, got confirmation from one of the devs, so no problem there n.n

Quote from: LPatamon on 2017 Sep 08, 17:51:3032bit is still supported, got confirmation from one of the devs, so no problem there n.n

Excellent! It'd be heartbreaking otherwise if users like us couldn't play.

That's great news! Sadly it gives me exactly 1,5 hours of gameplay, before I have to go to the work :c

I missed the last time the game was open to the public, so i am so excited!  :D
im especially excited to see the customization options.




btw this is my first time trying to comment/reply sorry if this went to an admin's inbox or something

This is going to be difficult playing this game during the hurricane, especially in Florida. I'm hoping I still have power during the entire day.

This week's Sunday will suck.

Yes, YES!

Can't wait to try out the new additions upon release!! :D
Keep at it LoE!

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Just less in an hour until we can at least download the game, but still, about 24 hours before we can play it. So close now. Hopefully, nothing bad will happen between now and then.

its 12:15 and i cant download the game :(




JK i dont care about specifics as long i can play eventually lol

There is some last minute issues they are working on, just be patient.

I'm Nervous About The Game Now

One of the staff on Discord had said that the download would be delayed by a few hours, there isn't really anything to worry about.

hype

Must still be delayed.  It's after 4 AM (1 AM for me) and still no game. xp

I Knew Something Would Go Wrong :(

Bummer.  Was gonna do that tonight so it would be ready for after I got done with work tomorrow and after my live stream.  I guess I'll just check again early in the morning before work and get it set up.

Oh well, at least I won't just have the LoE app just staring back at me, mocking me for hours for not being able to play until the servers officially open.  :P

I truly hope things get fixed soon. I've been hyped about this game since I first heard about it, but this would be my first time ever getting to play it. I have friends who have made it on the open access weekends that were about every 6 months or so and one of my friends even got on it every single open release they had up until now. Every time I tried to join, I was either too late or too early and missed it every single time. Finally getting a chance to try this game is a dream come true for me. So I hope things go well for everyone, including the staff. :D

Quote from: Night Striker on 2017 Sep 09, 01:27:07One of the staff on Discord had said that the download would be delayed by a few hours, there isn't really anything to worry about.

Phew, I was starting to get worried. Alarm for tomorrow is already set at 6:00 am (European:P)

well there is no link to download the game today I just checked please help

soooo it seems i cant see the download links at all .w. ummm is there a reason for that? i thought we would be able to like the post said to download it today .w. was it wrong?

Guys We Could Download It Now

Can't wait

Woo! Game is downloaded! Now it's just the waiting game ;w; *Twiddles fingers anxiously*

Yep, I just downloaded the game, tweak the settings to my liking so I don't have to do when the servers open permanently for the first time. When I tried to log in, I know I wouldn't be able to, but I wasn't expecting a message saying "Login Failed: Username or Password could be incorrect or something like that.", I guess the game isn't even linked to the forums yet. But, I am sure that will be resolved when they open the server permanently for the first time, we just have to wait.

Quote from: Daniel0507199027 on 2017 Sep 09, 08:55:34...a message saying "Login Failed: Username or Password could be incorrect.

i got a message saying "Game servers aren't ready at the time", so I guess your password might be actually incorrect ;-)

I'm downloading the game right now, setting the alarm at 5:00 and waiting for servers to get open! :D


Oh my, it's been so long

Did everyone's characters get reset because of the hack? I had two from Limited Access and am concerned someone might take them before I can make them again...

Quote from: Ferro_the_King on 2017 Sep 09, 09:00:36i got a message saying "Game servers aren't ready at the time", so I guess your password might be actually incorrect ;-)

My password was incorrect, but I put in the right password, now I just need to wait until the servers are up. I was just testing to see if my account will work, and it does, and I just have to wait now.

 IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR PEOPLE USING TREND MICRO OR SYMANTEC ANTIVIRUS.


 Make sure you add an exception for loe.exe, because Trend Micro seems to see it as a virus threat.

Quote from: Crystal Lyrica on 2017 Sep 09, 06:13:11I truly hope things get fixed soon. I've been hyped about this game since I first heard about it, but this would be my first time ever getting to play it. I have friends who have made it on the open access weekends that were about every 6 months or so and one of my friends even got on it every single open release they had up until now. Every time I tried to join, I was either too late or too early and missed it every single time. Finally getting a chance to try this game is a dream come true for me. So I hope things go well for everyone, including the staff. :D

Daymn~ talk about the game gods not aligning the stars for you.

I've never been able to play, either, but mostly because open access was scheduled right on top of work. You, though. You've been trying.

Quote from: Genisay on 2017 Sep 09, 04:16:14Bummer.  Was gonna do that tonight so it would be ready for after I got done with work tomorrow and after my live stream.  I guess I'll just check again early in the morning before work and get it set up.

Remember... that it's 12:01AM Eastern Standard Time everyone.